I'll Sell My $2.5 Million Property and Leave Kenya if DP William Ruto Becomes President, Economist David Ndii Says

I'll Sell My $2.5 Million Property and Leave Kenya if DP William Ruto Becomes President, Economist David Ndii Says

Controversial Kenyan economist David Ndii says he is ready to sell all his property and leave Kenya if Deputy President William Ruto becomes President in 2022.

In a tweet, the National Super Alliance (Nasa) chief strategist says he will sell his property worth $2.5 million (Sh250 million) and move abroad if Ruto succeeds President Kenyatta in the next elections.

"I am on record on that. I will leave the country. If you can spare $2.5m (Ksh250 million), I’ll sell you a very good property," Ndii says.

He adds: "I am a Kikuyu and an African. Kenya is a historical accident. Being a Kenyan is a predicament."  

The Oxford University graduate has remained a fiery critic of the Jubilee government despite the March 9th handshake between President Kenyatta and Opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Ndii, a close ally of Odinga, has particularly taken  issue with Jubilee's appetite for loans as well as the economic viability of multi-billion-shilling Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

"Railway from hell. Looks like China has pulled out of Naivasha extension. I have maintained there was no feasibility study for SGR. Vindicated. Questions on viability of SGR refuse to go away after China cuts funding," Ndii said in a tweet few weeks ago.

 

Comments

JustMe (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 09:02am

Braggadocious attention-seeker....a graduate of Oxford without the character to match. You'd fit so well in trump world where your tweet-religion and temperaments would normal. Now we know you are rich, happy?

Victoria (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 11:19am

In reply to by JustMe (not verified)

More than 95% of Kenyans are willing and trying to leave Kenya.

Keep deluding yourself that Kenyans are trying to save Kenya.

That's Raila. He has a messaiah complex. Raila and clueless diplomats.

njai (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 09:41am

Ndii, where else in the world do you think you can make $ 2.5m just for being a psycophant for politicians and smocking shisha all evening? Only in kenya, a historical accident.

Victoria (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 11:15am

Patiently waiting to sign the papers for secession.

Looking forward to supporting my new government the People Republic of Kenya.

The future is upon us.

Imara Daima (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 11:17am

@JustMe

Nakuomba tafadhali ujaribu kuelewa mambo Ndugu Ndii anayojaribu kusema. Kenya iko kwenye hali mbaya sana kutokana na uongozi wa ufisadi wa mkristo Uhuru na ndugu yake mkristo Ruto. Kusema kweli Ruto akiwa rais wa Kenya, nchi ya kenya itakuwa kama Haiti au DRC.

Kila Jumapili mkristo Ruto anakwenda kanisani kutoa hongo ili wakrito kondoo (blind followers) wampigie kura! Kwa hiyo kila Jumapili anajipanga kuchaguliwa 2022 kwa kumtolea rushwa tapeli kiongozi wa kanisa.

Kwa nini mkristo huyu anatumia mali ya serikali kujiandaa kwenye uchaguzi wa 2022? Kwa nini anaruhusiwa kutoa hongo hadharani makanisani?

Kwa nini halazimishwi kujenga viwanda ambavyo vinaweza kuwafaidi mamilioni ya vijana wasio na ajira baada ya kumaliza masomo yao kwenye chuo kikuu?

Ndugu Rais Uhuru, nakuomba umkataze mkristo Ruto kutoa hongo makanisani huku akijidai ya kwamba anajenga makanisa. Ningependa kukukumbusha ya kwamba,baba yako hakuwa mkristo na wote waliopigania uhuru wa Kenya hawakuwa wakristo. Tayari walikuwa wameshajikomboa kutokana na ukoloni wa dini za kigeni.

Ndugu Uhuru, nakuomba uanzishe kiapo kwa wafanyi kazi wote wa serikali. Kiapo hiki ni kama kile ambacho tayari nimeshakula. Kiapo chenyewe chasema hivi:
"Nitawahudumia wananchi wote wa Jamhuri ya Kenya bila kutoa au kupokea rushwa. Sitashiriki na mambo yote ya wizi, ulaghai, au kumnyanyasa mwananchi yeyote. Kwa kiapo hiki, mimi niko tayari kufa."

Kenya ilikombolewa na wananchi wa kawaida walipokunywa kiapo na kupigania uhuru wa Kenya. Wengi wao walikufa na wengine wakapoteza mashamba yao yaliyonyakuliwa na waliofanya kazi pamoja na serikali ya wakristo Waingereza.

Hatuwezi kutumia Koran au Biblia kuchukua kiapo hiki. Ukisoma kwa makini vitabu hivi viwili, utaona jinsi vimejaa uhalifu mwingi ndani yake. Havifai hata kidogo kutumiwa wakati viongozi wanapojitolea kuwahudumia wananchi. Hebu tazama, ufisadi unaoendelea nchini unafanywa na viongozi wote waliochukua kiapo huku wakitumia Koran au Biblia.

Ndugu Ndii, usiondoke Kenya. Pambana na mkristo Ruto na uhakikishe ya kwamba haendi kanisani kuwahonga wafuasi kondoo ili wampigie kura 2022. Pia, hakikisha ya kwamba mkristo Ruto ametuambia waliohusika na kuteketeza wakristo katika kanisa la Kiambaa huko Eldoret. Ni lazima afikishwe kortini na kusema yote yaliyotendeka siku watoto, wanawake, wazee walipochomwa kanisani baada ya uchaguzi wa 2007. Jamani, imepita miaka karibu 11 na hakuna mtu hata mmoja ambaye ameshikwa na kupelekwa kortini kutokana na mauaji haya yote ya kinyama!

JustMe (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 01:03pm

In reply to by Imara Daima (not verified)

@Imara, my only problem with this attention-seeker is the way he's decided to announce his departure. Why does he think we need to know that he'll be leaving? Why, on earth, does he have to tell us about his property worth and all???? The message I got is that he, also, like Ruto, has mali......otherwise, why announce to us. He should have gone yesterday....Uhuru is not his cup-a-tea either.

Peter (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 11:25am

Above commenters attacking the person of Ndii sound more of tribal zealots than rational analysts. Ndii has no personal issues with Ruto. He has every issue with Ruto's integrity question. If you are comfortable with Ruto dishing out millions every Sunday without explaining where he is getting it from, then you can attack Ndii. If you are happy with William Ruto's seemingly dangerous obsession with presidency, then keep attacking Ndii. Facts are stack; Ruto is a dangerous politician who is ready to do anything including murder to become president. Do not attack Ndii, he is an insider you are not.

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 11:41am

David Ndii is not an intellectual and his words are not worthy the paper they are written on. He is not principled and is not a man of his word. On March 18, 2018 on his Twitter, he stated "Dear # Uthamaki
I've had enough of appeal to ethnic solidarity. I hereby renounce Gikuyu citizenship. Consider me a Jaluo and Let me be". Mr. Ndii since that time when did you revert from being a Jaluo to a Gikuyu again. Even this time your words are as useless as then.
Any Kenyan can be President. Leave now and become whatever you want to be where ever. You don't have to waste time and space.
As for the writer of this Article, please note David Ndii is not a Kikuyu, he is a Jaluo. Please don't give fake news, confirm your facts before publishing the same. God give Kenya leaders not politicians. God help Kenya.

imkgoogo (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 01:55pm

In reply to by Anonymous UI (not verified)

I don't know where Ruto, Raila, Kalonzo, Mudavadi, Weta, etc got their billions from. But I'm not living Kenya. For now, my focus is 2019. Ndii, and his team, would like us to believe that 2022 is the only other event on our calendar. My brother, it is not on mine.

ka muli (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 11:43am

awww!Really? choose an appropriate rendezvouz,your dreams are valid! if i may ask is Ruto not a human being or wll moving out make u a non kenyan citizen!

john n gitau (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 12:25pm

Dr. Ndii, I am surprised that you own a fortune. I will not afford it. Thank Kenya for what you own. Many Kenyans would wish to even own a tenth of your wealth. You don't have to hate anybody to that extent. However, you may differ ideologically with him. Why did you have to tell us what you own? What would happen if your choice of candidate became president? Do you we all like him?

Mugikuyu (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 12:30pm

If Arap Kumangamanga is that powerful to make you sell your stuff and leave instead of fighting it out and making sure we get competent people in power, you are of no consequence and you should not be taken seriously cos you are just blabbing. You have a right to blabbing all you want. That said I support your views on Kenyan debt and SGR. Kenya is in deep doo-doo. If Arap Mashamba becomes the prezo we are done.

One2ManyDayz (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 12:53pm

You set your stunt goals too high to accomplish in reality and too low bail out in certainty. The best part of this is only the meantime, everything else after that will be painful to our ears. Just to be clear, you will leave in 2022 and return after his term? and will you be off to the "clouds where the 2017 data was stored'?
As Zappa puts it in part "Information is not knowledge.
Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth..." The truth is we will see y'all around come 2022.

Maxiley (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 02:09pm

Kenya does not belong to one person.Even if Ruto should become president,kenya is a democratic country. He will have to follow the law like the rest of us.like politicians say,"even if you did not vote for me",iwill work for you".Ndii should not run because of Ruto.Bit if he has other reasons to flee that's fine.

Imara Daima (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 04:11pm

@Maxiley:

Ndugu, ikiwa hata sasa mkristo Ruto hajapelekwa mahakmani atuambie vile watu walichomewa kanisani. Yapata sasa miaka 11 na hakuna hata mtu mmoja ambaye amepelekwa kortini atuambie jinsi Wakenya 1,300 walivyouawa kinyama! Mambo kama haya hayatendeki kwenye nchi ya Kidemokrasia. Ulisema, "...if Ruto should become president,Kenya is a democratic country. He will have to follow the law like the rest of us."

Ndugu maxiley, mkristo Ruto afuate sheria ipi? Je, alifanywa nini:

1. Aliponyakua shamba la Ndugu Mteshi?
2. Alipomfanya msichana wa Chuo Kikuu cha Moi mimba na kuzaa mtoto naye kisha akakataa kumlinda mtoto wake na huyu msichana?
3. Watu walipochomewa katika kanisa la Kiambaa huko Eldoret?
4. Anawapowahonga matapeli viongozi wa makanisa kila Jumapili ili wakristo kondoo wampigie kura 2022?
5. Aliponyakua kiwanja cha wenyewe na kujenga hoteli yake Nairobi? Na uhalifu mwingine ambao umeifanya Kenya kuwa katika hali mbaya kama hii.

Ndugu Maxiley, Kenye ina wenyewe. Kuna wenye nchi na wananchi. Mimi ni mwananchi.

maxiley (not verified)     Wed, 12/05/2018 @ 07:15am

In reply to by Imara Daima (not verified)

@ Ndugu Daima, nimesikia. Vile nimesema,"should Ruto become the pesident". In other words if he over comes all odds ,and the elections are fair,we will not have any option but support our president as much as we would have prefered some other candidate.Just like Trump won despite not having been favored.He lost popular Vote.
Now the question is, as corrupt,and criminal as Ruto is,and you have eloquently presented good reasons about.Why would he win?I hope he does not. My point was that whoever wins,is out president.Now we have to make sure that we put in the right person for all Kenyans.That part, I leave to political scientists.

Mwangi (not verified)     Thu, 12/06/2018 @ 07:39am

In reply to by maxiley (not verified)

It will be up to us to decide if Ruto will become president . Not him . we have the power but we all the time fail to use our power . we sell our power for very little either a few shillings or stay faithful to our tribal alliance . we have the power to to have the president of our choice - Hope we have matured to know we make the difference

Imara Daima (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 04:17pm

@Guest1:

Waswahili husema, "Palipo na nia pana njia."

Hebu tazama, mkristo Ruto ni makamu wa rais, lakini aliweza kumaliza masomo yake ya shahada ya uzamivu, na pia ana wakati wa kwenda katika Jumba la kondoo (kanisani) kuwahonga wakristo kondoo ili wampigie kura 2022.

mkenya halisi (not verified)     Tue, 12/04/2018 @ 04:56pm

hehehehe i have said this stupid educated idiots with masters,phds think with their behinds or makamasi not their working brains n they have let us down sisi wenye tunesomaa kidogo?This idiot need to sell off everything he has n move to this Western world naakifika huko his money will buy him a house at his confortable surburbs according to his ass thinking mentality he has then ziishe n get a job either as wachiiee,kitchen helper,cna,lpn,watchman or teach at technical colleges getting paid peanuts comparing to his education he has got??Ndii u remained big shame in our gikuyu community not because of yr criticism of uhuru gavana but mainly for your always negatives n hate which u have managed to write n spread all over so u can b heard??U never talk any shit about yr God raila yet he is a tainted man,very tainted who have shown nothing positive in our country n yet this is yr supporter?U encouraged raila to swear himself illegal n u seems to b educated about our constitution??!This is how educated fool who r?Yes stand with somebody but when he does Shit not associate yourself with that shit if ur really learned n u mean well for future kenya?Please sell everything n Fak off our country go buy yr grave there n stay mum forever?As u can c miguna is hehehehe very confortable in canada????Bure kabisa

Joe Kamande (not verified)     Wed, 12/05/2018 @ 12:51am

You did not leave when Odinga lost to Uhuru. Was it because Uhuru is from your tribe? Ruto is not from your tribe, he’s Kalenjin, is that why you will leave? Why don’t you go now instead of wasting time waiting?

Mathew Maina (not verified)     Thu, 12/06/2018 @ 01:38am

Mr Ndii, When hard time strikes, don't be a tortoise
We are watching you as our leaders to save fellow Kenyans from such future tyranny regime.
Try to prevent tomorrows'Mobutu Sese seko

Mwangi (not verified)     Thu, 12/06/2018 @ 07:08am

DID NOT KNOW Ndii is that rich while some of his family members struggle /live in poverty. He is Kibaki type. arrogant and thinks he is the only genious in the universe . the rest of us are idiots . Ndii Stop bragging for you are a LONELY POOR MAN without identity SEEKING FAME . THAT IS WHY he supported Odinga. who thinks opposite of him. It was about revenge and he was willing to work with the Devil to achieve his GOAL but now where is he Raila Odinga has other plans . but his mission failed - Going to oxford does not make him great. Greatness is for those who care . He forgot he studied with RHODES SCHOLARSHIP - what has he done for his family from immediate to distant leave alone his backyard community in Limuru. Ndii yuou are a desperate man and you know you are not who you are

Mwangi (not verified)     Thu, 12/06/2018 @ 07:13am

If kenya is an accident what are you? You are an accident as well and you only YOU know what i mean .
You went to oxford not because your mother / father could afford but because of a scholarship
what have you given back ? Maybe you can sell your property to Ruto or to one of your family members . are they as rich as you? what a deperate B....

Imara Daima (not verified)     Fri, 12/07/2018 @ 12:49pm

Ndugu Ndii, nakuomba ujaribu kama uwezavyo kumzuia mkristo Ruto asiende kanisani kila Jumapili kutoa hongo. Asipokatazwa kufanya hivyo, bila shaka hakuna atakayemshinda kwenye uchaguzi 2022. mkristo Ruto anafanya kazi pamoja na matapeli viongozi wa makanisa ili kuhakikisha ya kwamba amechaguliwa 2022.

Tayari mkristo huyu ameshawahonga wanabunge wa kutoka pwani kwa sababu nimesikia wakisema ya kwamba watampigia kura 2022. Naye mkristo Raila ameshanunuliwa tayari!

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